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Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games. Suddenly Spaceships.
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Posted - 2013.04.23 08:45:00 -
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Happy St George's Day everyone! \o/
It's not as much drinking as paddys day, but y'kno! Still another random day to celebrate! -Buhhd |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.23 09:20:00 -
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As a welshman i endorse this day and or product.
But leave our poor dragon alone! "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"Something I don't say very often: The welshman is right." - Marcus Gord |
Jassmin Joy
Fairlight Corp Rooks and Kings
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Posted - 2013.04.23 09:37:00 -
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bah, one of those rubbish england holidays, subpar st andrews day. |
Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games. Suddenly Spaceships.
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Posted - 2013.04.23 09:51:00 -
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Hey man, literally noone celebrates St Georges day, so I thought I might aswell :D St Paddys day everyone just gets slaughtered on Guinness, why aren't we all getting wrecked on something, and off work?! I'm going to make loud tutting noises until it happens. |
baltec1
Bat Country
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Posted - 2013.04.23 09:58:00 -
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Graygor wrote:As a welshman i endorse this day and or product. But leave our poor dragon alone!
Dont worry, we need it for the six nations |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.23 12:08:00 -
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baltec1 wrote:Graygor wrote:As a welshman i endorse this day and or product. But leave our poor dragon alone! Dont worry, we need it for the six nations
Howd that work out for you this year?
And what is st georges day stuff? We have welshcakes and things. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"Something I don't say very often: The welshman is right." - Marcus Gord |
Indahmawar Fazmarai
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Posted - 2013.04.23 13:40:00 -
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Heh, you got nothing about St. George's day.
Here it's a big day, tradition is that men gift roses to women and women gift books to men. So there's ltiherally thousands of stands selling books and roses all over the cities, all day. It's very colorful and tourists usually are quite impressed.
(As a curious note, the overall daily sale averages at 2 roses per woman and 1 book per 2 men... ) The Greater Fool Bar-áis now open for business, 24/7. Come and have drinks and fun somewhere between RL and New Eden!-áIngame chat channel: The Greater Fool Bar |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.23 13:42:00 -
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What kind of books?
And I wonder what Georgia does for it. The whole country is named after the man. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"Something I don't say very often: The welshman is right." - Marcus Gord |
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
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Posted - 2013.04.23 13:51:00 -
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baltec1 wrote:Graygor wrote:As a welshman i endorse this day and or product. But leave our poor dragon alone! Dont worry, we need it for the six nations I thought it was seven?
Edit: Erin, Galicia, Kernow, Mannin, Breizh, Alba, Cymru Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
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Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games. Suddenly Spaceships.
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Posted - 2013.04.23 14:01:00 -
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Yeah everyone ignores st georges day here. Half the people in the area think the flag is fkin racist (Which is completely ridiculous btw) so I like to make an effort and do something for it :D
HAPPY ST GEORGES DAY! \O/ |
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Kitty Bear
Disturbed Friends Of Diazepam Tribal Band
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Posted - 2013.04.23 14:33:00 -
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Buhhdust Princess wrote:Yeah everyone ignores st georges day here. Half the people in the area think the flag is fkin racist (Which is completely ridiculous btw) so I like to make an effort and do something for it :D
HAPPY ST GEORGES DAY! \O/
It's pretty much the same reason why you can specify your Brittish nationality as Welsh, Scottish, Irish on forms ... unless your English in which case your only options are Brittish or Other
And using the Other: English option gets your form rejected.
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Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games. Suddenly Spaceships.
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Posted - 2013.04.23 14:57:00 -
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Yeah, you see I don't have anything against anyone, but I dunno why everyone shouldn't have Scottish/Irish/English/Welsh etc, they also put that on the RAF recruitment forms when you sign up, kinda sneaky ;) |
Fearghaz Tiwas
ZOMBIEBEACHPARTYPATROL Circle-Of-Two
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Posted - 2013.04.23 15:02:00 -
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Aye It's balls. I didn't even realise it was St Georges day until I went on the BBC site.
I dunno if it has something to do with the fact that St Georges day as a kid meant a day of parading in a scouts uniform, but I literally couldn't be any less enthusiastic about it, and I'm certainly more patriotic than I am not.
I'd say it's a shame, but tbh, St Patricks day is somewhat a farce. Great fun, granted, but it wouldn't quite sit right if a day that is supposed to be a celebration of your nation (of sorts) was used as a plastic excuse for a bunch of people who have sweet FA to do with my country to get battered.
God that makes me sound like a grumpy old fart |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.23 15:22:00 -
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I was once told by a mate who works for an advertising firm in London that does a lot of business with the major breweries, that St Patricks day was the biggest day of the year when it came to profits for the breweries and they pour crap loads of money into promotions and subsidise events to get more people to open their wallets.
Honestly if it wasnt about the money, no one would bother.
Figure out a watch to monetise St Georges Day and it'll get a lot more press.
And I do agree about the excuse for battering people. Its been hijacked by idiots. But it really is the fault of people letting the namby pamby PC brigade make stuff like this disappear.
Whatever happened to Empire Day and Commonwealth Day? Gone because now our history doesnt fit PC pratts ideas.
Edit.
Sorry if it sounds ranty, I'm 27 going on Victor Meldrew. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"Something I don't say very often: The welshman is right." - Marcus Gord |
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
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Posted - 2013.04.23 15:35:00 -
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Graygor wrote:I was once told by a mate who works for an advertising firm in London that does a lot of business with the major breweries, that St Patricks day was the biggest day of the year when it came to profits for the breweries and they pour crap loads of money into promotions and subsidise events to get more people to open their wallets.
Honestly if it wasnt about the money, no one would bother.
Figure out a watch to monetise St Georges Day and it'll get a lot more press.
Same here in the states with Cinco de Mayo. St. Patrick's Day actually makes a lot of sense in the New England area, as we had a HUGE wave of Irish immigration. Cinco de Mayo sorta makes sense in the South West, for similar reasons. But both holidays get HUGE play all over the country - as an excuse for a major pissup. Lots of advertising dollars dumped into each, for just that reason. then other retailors and vendors jumped the bandwagon, and there's now a synergistic snowball effect happening.
One of these days I expect St. Paddy's Day and Cinco de Mayo will meet up... and the entire universe will suffer the hangover.
Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
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Fearghaz Tiwas
ZOMBIEBEACHPARTYPATROL Circle-Of-Two
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Posted - 2013.04.23 15:50:00 -
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Sorry, but by battered I meant steaming, pissed, wasted, drunk rather than beat up.
That being said, I'm sure there's plenty of that too. Your right though. It's just been commercialised, I'm guessing particularly by American business. Same with Halloween, and the rest.
That kinda explains why St Georges hasn't been though. America is hardly likely to celebrate the patron saint of their evil overlords. It also explains why Bonfire night has retained most of its dignity.
I know what you mean about feeling like Victor Meldrew prematurely. I'm only bloody 24
I don't believe it. |
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
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Posted - 2013.04.23 15:58:00 -
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Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:That kinda explains why St Georges hasn't been though. America is hardly likely to celebrate the patron saint of their evil overlords. It also explains why Bonfire night has retained most of its dignity.
Hah. Don't you ever believe that. We loves us some UK stuffs, we do. Just see how we react to the Royals, if you doubt. Just haven't found ways to commercialize those other dates yet. Just wait - once we're done thoroughly and irredeemably mutating the holidays we're working on now, we'll be back for the rest.
Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
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Fearghaz Tiwas
ZOMBIEBEACHPARTYPATROL Circle-Of-Two
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Posted - 2013.04.23 16:32:00 -
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silens vesica wrote:Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:That kinda explains why St Georges hasn't been though. America is hardly likely to celebrate the patron saint of their evil overlords. It also explains why Bonfire night has retained most of its dignity.
Hah. Don't you ever believe that. We loves us some UK stuffs, we do. Just see how we react to the Royals, if you doubt. Just haven't found ways to commercialize those other dates yet. Just wait - once we're done thoroughly and irredeemably mutating the holidays we're working on now, we'll be back for the rest.
Now maybe, but I don't think that's always been so? I could very well be wrong though. Aside from that, (and I admit, my frame of reference is TV, movies as well as the few dozen Americans I have met over the years) I have never heard an American refer to himself as English. However I have heard numerous make barely tangible claims to be Irish, Italian, Spanish and what not. Rather humorously, this included a fat ginger lad, who couldn't have looked more stereotypically Irish if he was 3 feet tall with a pot of gold, who was quite insistent that he was Spanish. |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.23 16:34:00 -
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Fearghaz Tiwas wrote: Rather humorously, this included a fat ginger lad, who couldn't have looked more stereotypically Irish if he was 3 feet tall with a pot of gold, who was quite insistent that he was Spanish.
This is how my face changed while reading this.
"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"Something I don't say very often: The welshman is right." - Marcus Gord |
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
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Posted - 2013.04.23 16:45:00 -
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Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:silens vesica wrote:Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:That kinda explains why St Georges hasn't been though. America is hardly likely to celebrate the patron saint of their evil overlords. It also explains why Bonfire night has retained most of its dignity.
Hah. Don't you ever believe that. We loves us some UK stuffs, we do. Just see how we react to the Royals, if you doubt. Just haven't found ways to commercialize those other dates yet. Just wait - once we're done thoroughly and irredeemably mutating the holidays we're working on now, we'll be back for the rest. Now maybe, but I don't think that's always been so? I could very well be wrong though. Aside from that, (and I admit, my frame of reference is TV, movies as well as the few dozen Americans I have met over the years) I have never heard an American refer to himself as English. However I have heard numerous make barely tangible claims to be Irish, Italian, Spanish and what not. Rather humorously, this included a fat ginger lad, who couldn't have looked more stereotypically Irish if he was 3 feet tall with a pot of gold, who was quite insistent that he was Spanish. We're mostly a nation of immigrants. Or children of immigrants. Or the children of the children of immigrants... We tend to put a lot of lazy pride into our ancestry, 'cause everyone needs roots. Even if you don't really know what they are, or what they mean.
I *have* met Spanish gingers. They are, of course, kinda rare. Your leprechaun lad may've decided he liked the Spanish fragment more than the Irish one...
I can claim Scots (Direct line from one of the Red Comyn's higher-ranking retainers), Swedish, Norman (more Norse!), a touch of one of the Germanic tribes, and some French. and I *know* all that because I'm... American. Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
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Fearghaz Tiwas
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Posted - 2013.04.23 18:06:00 -
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I know, and I do kind of get it. I really find that sort of stuff interesting, but it just seems ott over there (or at least that's my impression). What's wrong with just being american?
With regards the fat ginger, all of his mates were spanish, had Spanish names and the rest. They were from Miami. I would agree with your assessment that he probably preferred his Spanish side.
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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
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Posted - 2013.04.23 18:31:00 -
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Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:I know, and I do kind of get it. I really find that sort of stuff interesting, but it just seems ott over there (or at least that's my impression). What's wrong with just being american?
No roots. Everyone wants roots - identity.
Unless you can claim early immigrant ancestors (and most of us can't go back more than five or six generations) your roots and family 'identity' are kinda tenuous. Succeeding waves of immigration perpetuate the culture of roots-seeking. Add in our habit of nearly indiscriminate cultural inter-marriage, and we become a nearly amorphous and rather formless society. "Melting Pot" is the phrase most often used.
If you're not born into a rootless society, it can be kinda hard to imagine the allure of 'Roots.'
I can manage a few immigrant ancestors at eight generations, but some of my ancestors are only three genrations back. Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
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Indahmawar Fazmarai
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Posted - 2013.04.23 19:02:00 -
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Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:silens vesica wrote:Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:That kinda explains why St Georges hasn't been though. America is hardly likely to celebrate the patron saint of their evil overlords. It also explains why Bonfire night has retained most of its dignity.
Hah. Don't you ever believe that. We loves us some UK stuffs, we do. Just see how we react to the Royals, if you doubt. Just haven't found ways to commercialize those other dates yet. Just wait - once we're done thoroughly and irredeemably mutating the holidays we're working on now, we'll be back for the rest. Now maybe, but I don't think that's always been so? I could very well be wrong though. Aside from that, (and I admit, my frame of reference is TV, movies as well as the few dozen Americans I have met over the years) I have never heard an American refer to himself as English. However I have heard numerous make barely tangible claims to be Irish, Italian, Spanish and what not. Rather humorously, this included a fat ginger lad, who couldn't have looked more stereotypically Irish if he was 3 feet tall with a pot of gold, who was quite insistent that he was Spanish.
Well, there are some redheads in Galicia, mostly because of celtic influence. But they're quite rare. The Greater Fool Bar-áis now open for business, 24/7. Come and have drinks and fun somewhere between RL and New Eden!-áIngame chat channel: The Greater Fool Bar |
Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.24 06:39:00 -
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silens vesica wrote:Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:I know, and I do kind of get it. I really find that sort of stuff interesting, but it just seems ott over there (or at least that's my impression). What's wrong with just being american?
No roots. Everyone wants roots - identity. Unless you can claim early immigrant ancestors (and most of us can't go back more than five or six generations) your roots and family 'identity' are kinda tenuous. Succeeding waves of immigration perpetuate the culture of roots-seeking. Add in our habit of nearly indiscriminate cultural inter-marriage, and we become a nearly amorphous and rather formless society. "Melting Pot" is the phrase most often used. If you're not born into a rootless society, it can be kinda hard to imagine the allure of 'Roots.' I can manage a few immigrant ancestors at eight generations, but some of my ancestors are only three genrations back.
It will be interesting to see how space colonisation handles this. Will it be in a few hundred years people on the moon being American Martian or Chinese Martian? "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
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Indahmawar Fazmarai
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Posted - 2013.04.24 06:48:00 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:silens vesica wrote:Fearghaz Tiwas wrote:That kinda explains why St Georges hasn't been though. America is hardly likely to celebrate the patron saint of their evil overlords. It also explains why Bonfire night has retained most of its dignity.
Hah. Don't you ever believe that. We loves us some UK stuffs, we do. Just see how we react to the Royals, if you doubt. Just haven't found ways to commercialize those other dates yet. Just wait - once we're done thoroughly and irredeemably mutating the holidays we're working on now, we'll be back for the rest. Now maybe, but I don't think that's always been so? I could very well be wrong though. Aside from that, (and I admit, my frame of reference is TV, movies as well as the few dozen Americans I have met over the years) I have never heard an American refer to himself as English. However I have heard numerous make barely tangible claims to be Irish, Italian, Spanish and what not. Rather humorously, this included a fat ginger lad, who couldn't have looked more stereotypically Irish if he was 3 feet tall with a pot of gold, who was quite insistent that he was Spanish. Well, there are some redheads in Galicia, mostly because of celtic influence. But they're quite rare.
BTW, one of the funniest things with celtic inlfuence in Spanish population is the concept of "blonde". In Spain, "blonde" means someone whose hair has got a yellowish/golden glare, even if the hair itself it's brown. Actual blondes, whose hair is yellow, are rare to the point that nobody considers them to be more "blondes" than the brunettes-with-gold. The Greater Fool Bar-áis now open for business, 24/7. Come and have drinks and fun somewhere between RL and New Eden!-áIngame chat channel: The Greater Fool Bar |
baltec1
Bat Country
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Posted - 2013.04.24 08:36:00 -
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Graygor wrote:baltec1 wrote:Dont worry, we need it for the six nations Howd that work out for you this year?
As an England supporter, very well |
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